making history

student: "My dad said I'm a part of history."
me: "Yeah? How's that?"
student: "Because I have two dads and I'm their kid before gay marriage...So I'm part of making history."

One of my students (whose family identifies as LGBT) after the CA Supreme Court lifted the ban on gay marriage just last week.

cinco de mayo

A couple days late, but today en la clase de espanol, we discussed Cinco de Mayo.

Estudiante: "How long did the war last?"
Profesora: "Un dia! One day."
Otro estudiante: "Yeah, Cinco de Mayo lasted one day. The war today lasts a lot longer than that. A war that lasted one day would be quite amazing...quite amazing."

They speak the truth.